eggieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

eggie (plural eggies)

1. Diminutive of egg.
   • 2001 September 3, Viva, “Birthday Greetings...”, in alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 December 2025:

     Anyway, as soon as I could get my head into the car--3PM today--I drove home. Roz and hubby were starting with the iced vodka and fish eggies, really making my stommie lurch...had to get out of there.

2. (Internet slang) An Eggdrop bot: a kind of automated IRC user with various functionality.
   • 1998, DRDeaTH, “Re: Help: Starting an IRC Bot?”, in alt.irc.bots (Usenet):

     about $5 a month will get ya a shell with 2 eggies

   • 2000, Chika, “Re: ideas?”, in alt.irc (Usenet):

     I think that Efnet and IRCnet, among others, prove that nick/chanserv is not an indispensible requirement, as long as you have reasonable alternatives (eggdrop bots, etc.) Indeed some folk I know even object to eggies on a channel and will avoid them like the proverbial plague!